Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
5502YAUBIO-SEP-PAR
Aims
Crop breeding is a science to study the theory and method of crop breeding, and it is one of the main professional courses of agronomy. This module aims to provide students with an opportunity to master the basic theory, general principles and breeding methods of crop breeding, and lay a foundation for future work related to the breeding of good varieties of crops.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Describe the principles of crop breeding.
2.
Apply basic knowledge of crop breeding for scientific research, breed selection and reproduction.
3.
Apply crop breeding knowledge to solve specific problems in production practice.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The module provides an understanding of crop breeding including methods and variety types, germplasm resources, breeding objectives, introduction and selection breeding, cross breeding, backcross breeding, mutation breeding, distant cross breeding, ploidy breeding, heterosis utilisation, male sterility and their hybrids. Variety breeding, resistance to pest and disease breeding, resistance breeding, population improvement and recurrent selection, cell engineering and crop breeding, transgenic technology and crop breeding, molecular marker-assisted selection breeding, rice breeding, maize breeding, wheat breeding, Yunnan Road Medicinal herbs breeding, flower breeding, and vegetable breeding.
Additional Information:The module is designed to allow students to master the basic theory, general principles and breeding methods of crop breeding, and provides an opportunity to apply knowledge to solve specific problems in production practice.